Dylan MarcAurele

Dylan MarcAurele is a New York–based composer, lyricist, writer, and orchestrator whose work bridges musical theatre, cabaret, and pop culture projects with wit and emotional depth. A Harvard University alumnus and participant in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, MarcAurele has increasingly earned recognition as a bold new voice in musical storytelling .

MarcAurele’s musical credits include 57th National Mathlete Sum‑It (NYMF 2017), The Land of Forgotten Toys (Greenhouse Theatre, Chicago; Florida Festival of New Musicals 2019), That 1770s Show (Harvard University), Girlhood, and The Wonderful World of Dissocia (A.R.T. Mainstage). He also worked as music director for A Dog Story at the Davenport Theater and as a music assistant on Broadway and Chicago productions of Hamilton; additionally, he has served as an orchestrator for Hasty Pudding Theatricals .

MarcAurele is the recipient of the 2023 Richard Rodgers Award and the 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant, with earlier Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowships in 2020–21. His work is also developing through programs like Jeff Foundation’s Writers Grove and the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project in Nashville.

In recent years, his original musicals—including Pop Off, Michelangelo!, MEG4N (2024 tour starring Rosé of RuPaul’s Drag Race), and The Real Housewives of NYC: The Musical—have graced festivals, readings, and television segments such as Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

MarcAurele also engages audiences through his viral musical theatre Instagram @rhonymusical, on which he creates, directs, and orchestrates songs inspired by The Real Housewives shows. With an active presence in both traditional and digital spaces, he demonstrates a readiness to innovate while building a compelling theatrical legacy.